Though they both boast impressive filmographies at a young age, neither Maria Bakalova or Amandla Stenberg had appeared in a horror film before. That all changes with the Aug. 5 release of “Bodies …
I like the A24 genre because they’re so beautiful visually. It’s not just [screaming sounds] and knives and blood. You get a beautiful picture of something happening in a weird place.Similarly, I’m a big fan of the horror films that A24 released because I feel like they are deeply psychological and dramatic and layered and meaningful. When I saw that this was A24, I was so excited. I also love when the medium is used to make commentary, especially in a satirical way.
I love horror movies but I am not the kind of person who ever wants to encounter these things in real life. Would you spend the night in a haunted house or go to a seance? Are either of you interested in that?I’m super into it. No, there are things that I don’t want to mess with like seances. Certain energetic fields I don’t want to tap into or invite into my life.
You’re being put through a lot but you’re working with this amazing cast in a remote location – was it fun?It was definitely fun. It was as twisted and fun as the tone of the movie. In some ways, it was deeply traumatizing. And it was also a riot. Because these characters are so hilarious. And we definitely all trauma bonded. We were put in these very unique circumstances together.
It is very funny – particularly Pete Davidson’s character. Was it ever hard not to laugh during takes?I think we did a pretty good job of not breaking because we approached it as thinking if we wanted to laugh, our characters want to laugh. The point of our characters is that they do not deal with the circumstances. Or they deal with it through humor, through sarcasm, through a deflection. Pete didn’t break ever. I was kind of amazed by how unafraid he was to portray this absolute asshole.
The film takes a couple of shots at people who are obsessed with social media; did it change your relationship with it at all?I don’t know if it’s changed it. I’ve always had kind of a contentious relationship with social media and how much space it takes up in our lives. That’s why I was really drawn to the script, because I felt like it very articulately approached how large of a role social media has in our interpersonal lives, our relationships, our social lives now.
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